2 Samuel 14:32 · JPS 1917

And Absalom answered Joab: 'Behold, I sent unto thee, saying: Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say: Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still; now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me.'

Who acts: Absalom, I, me, iniquity · What happens: answer, send, say, come, be, let · To what, where: Joab, thee, king, Geshur, me, face · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Samuel 14:32 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Absalom, I, me, iniquity), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.

The tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 answered	cc
2	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 answered	nsubj
3	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Joab	Joab	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 answered	obj
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	10 sent	punct
7	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	10 sent	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Behold	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 sent	nsubj
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 answered	ccomp
11	unto	unto	ADP	_	12 thee	case
12	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	10 sent	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 saying	punct
14	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sent	advcl
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	16 Come	punct
16	Come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 saying	ccomp
17	hither	hither	ADV	_	16 Come	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 send	punct
19	that	that	SCONJ	_	22 send	mark
20	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 send	nsubj
21	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 send	aux
22	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 Come	advcl
23	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	22 send	obj
24	to	to	ADP	_	26 king	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 king	det
26	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 send	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 say	punct
28	to	to	PART	_	29 say	mark
29	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 send	advcl
30	:	:	PUNCT	_	34 come	punct
31	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	PronType=Int	34 come	advmod
32	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	34 come	aux
33	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	34 come	nsubj
34	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 say	ccomp
35	from	from	ADP	_	36 Geshur	case
36	Geshur	Geshur	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 come	obl
37	?	?	PUNCT	_	34 come	punct
38	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 better	expl
39	were	be	AUX	Mood=Sub Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 better	cop
40	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	34 come	parataxis
41	for	for	SCONJ	_	45 there	mark
42	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	45 there	nsubj
43	to	to	PART	_	45 there	mark
44	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	45 there	cop
45	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	40 better	csubj
46	still	still	ADV	_	45 there	advmod
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 let	punct
48	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	50 let	advmod
49	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	50 let	advmod
50	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 sent	parataxis
51	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	50 let	obj
52	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 let	xcomp
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 king	det
54	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 face	nmod:poss
55	's	's	PART	_	54 king	case
56	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 see	obj
57	;	;	PUNCT	_	66 let	punct
58	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 let	cc
59	if	if	SCONJ	_	61 be	mark
60	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	61 be	expl
61	be	be	VERB	Mood=Sub VerbForm=Fin	66 let	advcl
62	iniquity	iniquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 be	nsubj
63	in	in	ADP	_	64 me	case
64	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 iniquity	nmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 be	punct
66	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	50 let	conj
67	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 let	obj
68	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 let	xcomp
69	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	68 kill	obj
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct
71	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 answered	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: changed polarity=none

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past	Absalom		Joab				tree rules
2	send	past	I					unto thee	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	gerund	I not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	come	infinitive						hither property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	send	may	I	thee	the king				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to king=Destination
6	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	I not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
7	come	present · passive	I			Geshur		wherefore property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from geshur=Initial_Location
8	is	past						good property	tree rules
9	is	to-infinitive	me				still	there property	tree rules
10	let	infinitive		me			now	therefore property	tree rules
11	see	infinitive	me not said here	the king's face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
12	be a condition, not said to happen	infinitive	iniquity in me			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	let	infinitive		Absalom					tree rules
14	kill	infinitive	Absalom not said here	me					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The Hebrew of this verse

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם אֶל־יוֹאָ֡ב הִנֵּ֣ה שָׁלַ֣חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ ׀ לֵאמֹ֡ר בֹּ֣א הֵ֠נָּה וְאֶשְׁלְחָה֩ אֹתְךָ֨אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֗ר לָ֤מָּה בָּ֙אתִי֙ מִגְּשׁ֔וּר ט֥וֹב לִ֖י עֹ֣ד אֲנִי־שָׁ֑ם וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶרְאֶה֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־יֶשׁ־בִּ֥י עָוֺ֖ן וֶהֱמִתָֽנִי׃

2 Samuel 14:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2SA:416 of Mova's parse database.

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